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Comment on Are we well-adjusted? by Ron Almberg

Ron Almberg — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:41:39 +0000

Let’s see…I’m trying to remember. Was it the green pill or the red pill I’m supposed to take to stay in Wonderland?

Comment on Seven deadly definitions by Ron Almberg

Ron Almberg — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:39:19 +0000

Goodness…worth chewing on is right. Very good for self-reflection and self-inventory. I had not seen this before. I may pass this along on my FB or Blog too.

Comment on What’s the point of Genesis 1-3? by Ron Almberg

Ron Almberg — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:34:11 +0000

I love N.T. Wright’s writings. He’s one of my favorite theologians. Another favorite Anglican theologian and missiologist is Leslie Newbigin. Powerful and transforming things they have to teach us, I believe. I thank the Lord for them! Thanks for sharing this.

Comment on Are we well-adjusted? by s-p

s-p — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:42:41 +0000

Succinct.

Comment on Dominance Displays by Peggy

Peggy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:33:38 +0000

I love the sliding birds!

Comment on Dominance Displays by s-p

s-p — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:56:27 +0000

Reminds me of the enthronement liturgy I went to once with 7 Metropolitans and Bishops present and a couple dozen priests serving.

Comment on On Omnipotence by s-p

s-p — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:51:26 +0000

I wonder if they’ll do a podcast with me on AFR?

Comment on What would men do if they didn’t have to impress women? by Lagushkin

Lagushkin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:47:14 +0000

“Something to ponder: If you’re a natural Casanova are you likely to be less ambitious?”

Yes.

Comment on Original sin according to St Paul by Sean+ Lotz

Sean+ Lotz — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:04:54 +0000

Wow. There was a sentence in there that made me stop, gasp, research, think, reconsider, and several other disturbing actions. And the whole thing is good. It will repay repeated readings.

Comment on Seven deadly definitions by Sean+ Lotz

Sean+ Lotz — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:03:59 +0000

And if Dorothy Sayers said it, it must be good. And it is. Thanks for posting this list; I had not read it before.

Also, may I recommend the book Thoughts Matter by Mary Margaret Funk, which gives an extended description and proposed cure for each of the eight deadly thoughts from which the list of seven is derived. Well worth reading.

Comment on Original sin according to St Paul by James L. Kelley

James L. Kelley — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:35:45 +0000

My new book on Fr. John includes an entire chapter on this article, which Fr. John considered a kind of warm-up for the magisterial Ancestral Sin.

James L. Kelley. A Realism of Glory: Lectures on Christology in the Works of Protopresbyter John Romanides (Rollinsford, NH: Orthodox Research Institute, 2009).

Comment on Pelagius: To Demetrias by Sean+ Lotz

Sean+ Lotz — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:08:42 +0000

St. Augustine and Pelagius pushed each other farther and farther from the wise center. They each wound up saying stupid stuff (not the technical theological term). St. Augustine carries the greater blame, I believe, since he was the greater intellect and should have known better. Poor Pelagius just got defensive.

Comment on Pelagius: To Demetrias by Ron Almberg

Ron Almberg — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:01:51 +0000

This is an excellent treatment of Pelagius. His critique of Augustine was a good one. Unfortunately, the African leaders carried great weight and rallied together against his views of grace and free will. Some of the church councils remind me more of our modern political climate than well reasoned debates concerned for truth. Criticism of Augustinian theology has only recently gained a new hearing and momentum in practical and biblical theology circles. Thanks for sharing this great article.

Comment on What would men do if they didn’t have to impress women? by Ron Almberg

Ron Almberg — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:39:30 +0000

So men are in the market just for marriage? Hmmm…what about parental model influences?

Comment on The Big Lie About the ‘Life of the Mind’ by Ron Almberg

Ron Almberg — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:36:52 +0000

Excellent article! As a friend of many Ph.D. and Ph.D. candidates, it is amazing hoops they must go through to get the degree and then not even have a chance to work in their field! Most universities are closed educational systems, both ideologically as well as relationally (“It’s all in who you know and are connected to in the field.”) It is refreshing reading someone who is challenging and exposing the system from within the system. However, the note of futility at the end of the article makes me wonder if he too is not just raging against the machine.